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Electric trucks and buses show massive sales growth in Europe – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It says 5% of light- and medium-duty trucks and 1% of heavy-duty trucks sold were electric. In 2023, battery-electric transit buses made up 100% of purchases in Luxembourg, Ireland and Denmark, and 98% in the Netherlands. In Germany, Austria and Belgium, by contrast, diesel buses still made up 75% of new bus sales.

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Ballard-powered fuel cell electric buses exceed 10M km of revenue service

Green Car Congress

Today Ballard FCveloCity engines are powering more than 80 buses around the globe: 41 in Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the U.K.; In addition, the FCveloCity®-XD 200kW product will be capable of powering light rail systems.

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The Paris Olympics Promise to Be Stunning. The Prices Already Are.

Baua Electric

Seven months before the Olympic torch casts a glow in the City of Light this summer, the cost of getting into the most in-demand sports competitions, not to mention the price of accommodations and transportation, has risen — sometimes by Olympian proportions. But get ready to pay up. Hudson, the travel expert at Expedia.

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Blink’s 2023 Year in Review

Blink Charging

Finally, in the fall, we announced the rebrand of Blue Corner into Blink Charging Belgium. This summer, we completed our network integration of all North American SemaConnect EV drivers and hardware into Blink Charging US. Like the tax credit for new EVs, the used EV tax credit included an AGI cap and must be sold by a licensed dealer.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed). Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed). Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

The most notorious problem was “sparkle,” a defect that caused small spots of light to appear on the display screen. Since the price of the machine had dropped $200 in the two months following its introduction, this ruse enabled owners to obtain a refund of the purchase price and buy another C-64 at the lower figure.

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